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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-03-07T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Mealor, Ms C.</name>
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          <heading>Mealor, Ms C.</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-03-07T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Mealor, Ms C.</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e">the Hon. F. PANGALLO </by>().21 February 2023).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <question date="2023-03-07T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Mealor, Ms C.</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Applications for reimbursement for legal costs are a matter for me. I receive advice from the Crown Solicitor on those applications for reimbursement. My chief executive is not involved in that process.</inserted>
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          <inserted>As the honourable member is aware, I have requested that the ICAC inspector undertake a review of the Hanlon matter. The inspector is an independent statutory officer who will undertake that review and discharge his other functions independent of government.</inserted>
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